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gh-105927: PyImport_AddModule() uses _PyWeakref_GET_REF() #106001

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It now raises an exception if sys.modules doesn't hold a strong reference to the module.

Elaborate the comment explaining why a weak reference is used to create a borrowed reference.

It now raises an exception if sys.modules doesn't hold a strong
reference to the module.

Elaborate the comment explaining why a weak reference is used to
create a borrowed reference.
Py_DECREF(ref);
Py_XDECREF(mod);

if (mod == NULL && !PyErr_Occurred()) {
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I am not sure that comparing mod with NULL after Py_XDECREF does not have an undefined behavior. AFAIK, you can do nothing with a pointer to released memory, not even compare it with NULL.

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See comments of my PR #105998: IMO most of this code is useless and can be removed.

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